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Malus (fruiting apple) ‘Pink Lady’

A very crisp apple with a sweet-tart flavor. It has a reddish-pink skin with a green background. The flesh resists browning when cut, and is a good keeper. Likes a hot climate and ripens late in the season. Requires 500 hours chilling. It is self fertile. Budded on semi-dwarf rootstock. It needs full sun and...
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Malus (fruiting apple) ‘Newtown Pippin’

A large, crisp, firm, tart/sweet flavored green apple. Ripens late. It is self-fertile and a good pollinizer for other apples. Tried and true, sprang from a seed in Newtown, Long Island in the 1750's. Budded on semi-dwarf rootstock. It performs best in full sun and well-drained soil....
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Mahonia repens

[gallery ids="5263,5262"] A low, spreading shrub with spiny, leathery, compound, blue-green leaves that turn burgundy in winter. Yellow blooms in spring are followed by blue-black berries. It spreads by rhizomes or above ground. Tolerant of some shade and drier soils once established....
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Magnolia grandiflora ‘Edith Bogue’

[gallery ids="5259"] A pyramidal tree with large, narrow, glossy dark green leaves. The late spring flowers are white and fragrant. The current standard among the evergreen Magnolias for northern gardens, and considered one of the hardiest. Best grown in full sun to part shade in an organically rich, well-drained soil. The original tree was purchased from...
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